Hello and welcome! My name is Darrick Antell I am an active race car driver and karter currently looking to make my mark on the world of open-wheel racing. Here are some highlights of my life and career thus far:

Quick Facts

Name: Darrick E. Antell Jr.

Age: 19 yrs.

Hometown: Greenwich, Connecticut

Height: 6' 1"

Weight: 165 lbs.

Favorite Driver: Michael Schumacher, for his completeness, passion and alomst inhuman commitment to the sport.

Education:
The Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
Cornell University (College of Engineering)

Hobbies/Interests: Racing, Cars, Automotive Design/Engineering, Rowing (on high-school crew team), Alpine Skiing, Mountain Biking, Playing Drums and Guitar, Golf, Computer/Video Games (mostly racing related).

History/Bio

I was born on December 31, 1989 and I am currently 19 years old. I have lived my entire life in Greenwich, Connecticut along with my four sisters and parents. Before I was even two years old, my parents tell me that I had an unusual fascination with cars. At just fourteen months I was able to spot every Honda on the road simply by the “H” logo on the hubcaps or rear bumper, and would excitedly shout “Huundaacar!”

I became interested in racing at around eight years old, after playing a number of sim-racing games on my computer and reading about racing in books. It was then that I discovered kart racing, and saw it as a good first step towards a racing career.


My first "go kart" was this pedal-powered Ketcar. I would spend hours pushing it up the hills in our neighborhood, and then riding down them as fast as possible. Here I am taking a corner in my driveway, at about 11 years old. (Note the "rumble strips" drawn with chalk) Eventually I felt ready for my own gas powered, "race kart."


Here I am lapping in a concession kart, at an amusement park in North Haven, CT. I knew very well what I wanted to do when I grew up.

After begging my parents to let me try kart racing, and their continued refusals, I began saving my allowance money to buy a kart myself. After nearly three years of meticulous saving, I bought my first real race kart for $1800 and my parents reluctantly agreed to support me.

My first season of club-level karting was at Oakland Valley Race Park, in upstate New York, when I was twelve years old. I raced in the Yamaha Jr. Sportsman class and nearly won the championship, after finishing second by barely one foot in the final race.


At Oakland Valley Race Park, with my own Yamaha 100cc race kart.

In March 2007, I drove a race car for the first time at the Skip Barber 3-day Racing School in Homestead, Florida. After this three day program, I decided that I was ready to move into full-size race cars, and to continue racing with Skip Barber.

Over the summer, I did an Advanced 2-day Skip Barber school at Lime Rock Raceway in Connecticut. I unfortunately had a rather large accident on the first day, but I was unhurt and drove again the next day even faster than before. Later that summer, I also drove a Spec-Miata at a track day at Lime Rock.

Since then, I have driven many different types of vehicles and raced at tracks all throughout the country. I am now looking to make a career out of motor racing, and feel that I could stay involved in the sport for the rest of my life.

Look for me in the headlines...the day will soon come!